Wire-cutter for guns.



H. E LODL.

WIRE CUTTER FOB GUNS. APPLICATION man sun 22.1916.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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HENRY E. LODL, OF MISHICOT, WISCONSIN.

WIRE-CUTTER FOB GUNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27., 1917.

Application filed July 22, 1916. Serial No. 110,767.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. LoDL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mishicot, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Cutters forGuns; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, andexact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for one of its objects the provision of a device ofthis character, which shall be simple, durable and efiicient, and whichmay be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a base having cuttingmeans thereon and operated by a lever, whereby a wire inay be readilysevered by operating the ever.

A further object of this invention is to' tain novel features ofconstruction, combi nation and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding ofmy invention, reference will be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which 1 Figure 1is a side elevation partly in section, of a wire cutter, constructed inaccordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a base,having secured to its upper face a plurality of substantially U-shapedclamps 2 which surround the barrel 3 of a gun. Suitable bolts 4 securethe free ends of the U-shaped clamps together as clearly illustrated inFig. 3, providing means whereby the base may be readily applied to andremoved from the barrel 3 when desired. The lower forward face of thebase 1 is slotted as illustrated at 5, said slot being in communicationwith a guide way 6 formed within the base adjacent the rear end thereof.A blade 7 is formed upon the lower face of the base 1 and has a cuttingedge 8. A movable blade 9 having an arm 10- formed thereon and extendingat rlght angles is received within the guide way 6, allowing the movableblade 9 to depend downwardly through the slot 5 of the base. A coilspring 11 is secured to the forward end of the base 1 and to the movableblade 9 for normally blade 9 adjacent the forward end of the base. Themovable blade has a cutting edge 12.

Pivoted to the rear end of the base 1 is a lever 13 having an extension14: formed thereon to which are pivotally secured a pair of spacedconnecting links 15 which are in turn pivotally secured upon each sideof the movable blade 9 as illustrated at 16, for moving the movableblade toward and from the stationary blade 7 to sever wire.

In operation, when desiring to cut a strand of wire, the wire is placedbetween the cutting edges 8 and 12 of the blades 7 and 9 and by movingthe lever 18 upon its pivot in the direction of the barrel 3 asillustrated in dotted lines .of Fig. 1, the movable blade 9 will slidewithin the base, causing the cutting edge 12 thereof to enholding themovable gage with the cutting edge 8 of the sta-' tionary blade 7thereby severing the wire.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination of parts may be made without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A wire cutter forguns comprising a base, clamps secured to the base for attaching thebase to the barrel of a gun, said base having a slot in its forward endand a guide way in communication with the slot adjacent its rearwardend, a blade formed on the base and having a cutting edge, a movableblade carried and arrangement within the guide way sever a strand ofwire.

2. A wire cutter for guns comprising a base, means for securing th'ebase to the barrelof agun, said base havlng a slot in its forward endand a guide way adjacent its 10 rear end and in communicationwith theslot, a statlonairy blade formed on the base,'

a movable blade extending upwardly within the slot, an arm formed on theupper'end pivoted of the movable blade and slidably received within theguide way, a lever pivoted to the base, a pair of relatively spacedlinks to the lever and to each side of the movable blade for sliding themovable blade into an engagement with the stationaryblade to sever astrand of wire.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. Va

' HEN-RY laODL.

Vi'tnesses: a

Jon -F0RST, "HENRY A. ELMER.

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